Audio revival

We are all animals, but the quartet of musicians that form power rock outfit Audio Revival are a breed apart. With Animals, the band’s latest full-length EP, Audio Revival has sharpened a distinct musical voice that combines angular, musical technicality with the rollicking, raw intensity of singer Jake Flaherty’s primordial vocals. Their sound is founded on the plethora of influences ingrained in them by the music of their formative years and parents' record collections. Through various styles, they leave no stone unturned in their quest to deliver something identifiable yet unparalleled.

Formed in New York City in late 2012, Audio Revival is an unlikely collection of band geeks and one former Second Team All-Big East linebacker for the Syracuse Orange football team. With the help of three-time Grammy award-winning producer Dave Clauss (Shakira, Marin Morris,Justin Bieber, U2, Paul Simon), Audio Revival released a series of singles in 2015, to critical fanfare and spent much of the year playing shows across the Northeast.

Animals, another collaboration with Clauss, finds the band more at home in its sound. “I’ll Be Here,” the album’s first single, is friendly and fun while never straying from Audio’s Revival high-energy rock roots. The title track pays homage to the wild howler monkey that lives deep inside us all.